WebQuest

These are five important people for us: Toni Morrison, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, Ada Augusta Byron, Marjorie Jackson Nelson, and Edmonia Lewis. Do you know them? What do they have in common?

With this WebQuest you will learn about their lives, works, and places of residence, and you will be able to show your findings to the rest of your school.

You will work in pairs and groups and you will have different roles: biographers, work researchers and travel agents. Are you ready to begin?

The final project will be a poster on an important woman. The poster will give information about her life, work, and an important city in her life. You will stick texts and pictures on a poster board. You will explain the poster to your classmates. Finally, the project will be hang on your school walls. Be neat and tidy . . . everybody will see your work!

- Your teacher will divide the class into five groups of six students (groups A, B, C, D, E, F). Each group will work on an important woman.
- Within each group, you will work in pairs. Each pair will have a role: a pair of biographers, a pair of work researchers, and a pair of travel agents.

If you don't understand something or if you need help, visit the resources part. There you have online dictionaries and grammar references. There is also a link to search images and some help to download them.

        Travel agents: Complete the travel agent's report and verb form sheet with the information about Oxford
                                 you find in the following web sites and hand it in to your teacher:
                                              - Oxford in wikipedia
                                            - The city of Oxford
                                            - Holidays in Oxford

        Travel agents: Complete the travel agent's report and verb form sheet with the information about London
                                 you find in the following web sites and hand it in to your teacher:
                                              - London in wikipedia
                                            - Visit London

    Group C: Toni Morrison
       Biographers: Complete the biographer's report and verb form sheet with the information you find in the
                             following web sites and hand it in to your teacher:
                                              - Toni Morrison in wikipedia
                                              - Information on Nobel Prize winners

Work researchers: Complete the work researcher's report and verb form sheet with the information you
find in the following web sites and hand it in to your teacher:

        Travel agents: Complete the travel agent's report and verb form sheet with the information about London
                                 you find in the following web sites and hand it in to your teacher:
                                              - New York City in wikipedia
                                              - Visit New York City

       Travel agents: Complete the travel agent's report and verb form sheet with the information about Sydney
                                 you find in the following web sites and hand it in to your teacher:
                                               - Sydney in wikipedia
                                               - The city of Sydney

    Group E: Edmonia Lewis
        Biographers: Complete the biographer's report and verb form sheet with the information you find in the
                              following web sites and hand it in to your teacher:
                                              - Edmonia Lewis in wikipedia
                                              - Edmonia Lewis' biography
                                              - Information on heroes

       Travel agents: Complete the travel agent's report and verb form sheet with the information about Boston
                                 you find in the following web sites and hand it in to your teacher:
                                                 - Boston online
                                                 - Boston in wikipedia

    ACTIVITY 2. COMPOSITIONS

    Step 1    Biographers: Write a composition with the information you have collected in your report.
                    Work researchers: Write a composition with the information you have collected in your report.
                    Travel agents: Write a composition with the information you have collected in your report.

    Step 2    Work with all the members of your group and join your compositions. The result will be a composition
                    with three paragraphs:       - First paragraph: Life
                                                                 - Second paragraph: Work
                                                                   - Third paragraph: An important city in her life
                   Hand in the composition to your teacher.

    Work with all the members of your group and prepare a poster on the woman you have studied. Follow this outline, show texts and pictures and include this information:               - Life
                                                                                                               - Work
                                                                                                               - An important city in her life

    Speaking    Present your work to your classmates. Show them your poster and speak in English about her life,
                       work, and city.
    Listening    Listen to your classmates and fill in the co-evaluation sheet.

Stick the posters on the walls of your school and have an attentive look at all of them.

    ACTIVITY 6. A QUIZ

    What have you learnt? Do the quiz and complete the self-assessment sheet.

Skills, work and project

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Average

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Reading skills

- You don’t understand the questions and don’t find the information in the Internet.

- The information you give is not correct.

- You understand some questions and find some answers in the Internet.

- Some of your answers are correct.

- You understand most of the questions and find most of the information you need to answer them.

- Most of the information you give is correct.

- You understand all the questions and find all the information you need to answer them.

- All the information you give is correct.

Writing skills

- Your answers are not well formed.

- You make a lot of mistakes in your composition (vocabulary, spelling, grammar, organization)

- Few of your answers are well formed.

- You make some mistakes in your composition (vocabulary, spelling, grammar, organization)

- Most of your answers are well formed.

- You make few mistakes in your composition (vocabulary, spelling, grammar, organization)

- All your answers are well formed.

- You don’t make mistakes in your composition (vocabulary, spelling, grammar, organization)

Listening skills

- You don’t pay attention to your classmates’ presentations.

- You don’t understand what they say.

- You pay some attention to your classmates’ presentations.

- You understand some of the things they say.

- You pay full attention to your classmates’ presentations.

- You understand most of the things they say.

- You pay full attention to your classmates’ presentations.

- You understand everything they say.

Speaking skills

- You don’t try to use English.

- You use Spanish in your presentation.

- You need help from your teacher.

- You make an effort to use English.

- You use Spanish in your presentation.

- You need help from your teacher.

- You make an effort to say everything in English.

- You use some Spanish in your presentation.

- You need help from your teacher.

- You make an effort to say everything in English.

- You don’t use Spanish in your presentation.

- You don’t need help from your teacher.

Effort and collaboration

- You never discuss your ideas with your partners.

- You never respect your classmates.

- You never ask for clarification.

- You haven’t worked in your group.

- You rarely discuss your ideas with your partners.

- You rarely respect your classmates.

- You rarely ask for clarification.

- You haven’t always collaborated with your classmates.

- You sometimes discuss your ideas with your partners.

- You sometimes respect your classmates.

- You sometimes ask for clarification.

- You have taken an active role in your group.

- You always discuss your ideas with your partners.

- You always respect your classmates.

- You always ask for clarification.

- You have always taken an active role in your group.

Creativity and final product

- Your project is bad.

- Your project doesn’t include all the parts (texts, pictures, etc)

- Your project is not neat and well done.

- Your project doesn’t include all the parts (texts, pictures, etc)

- Your project is neat and well done.

- Your project includes most of the parts (texts, pictures, etc)

- Your project is neat and very well done.

- Your project includes all the parts (texts, pictures, etc)

- Can you name five important women in the world?
- What is Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin famous for?
- What is Ada Augusta Byron famous for?
- What is Tony Morrison famous for?
- What is Marjorie Jackson Nelson famous for?
- What is Edmonia Lewis famous for?
- What do you know about these cities: Oxford, London, New York, Sydney, and Boston?

Final score